Pigment Content, Cell Dry Weight, and Cell Size of Vegetative Cells and Red Cysts

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Organism Green algae Haematococcus pluvialis
Reference Montsant A, Zarka A, Boussiba S. Presence of a nonhydrolyzable biopolymer in the cell wall of vegetative cells and astaxanthin-rich cysts of Haematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyceae). Mar Biotechnol (NY). 2001 Nov3(6):515-21. p.519 table 1PubMed ID14961323
Method Chlorophyll and astaxanthin were extracted with DMSO. Cell size was measured by means of a ruler fitted in the objective of the microscope.
Entered by Uri M
ID 106037